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[Swine_Glasto2014]

"The Met Office is more hopeful about the weather for Glastonbury Festival 2014 with the forecast looking dry.

The music festival in Somerset has often been known for its wet weather but this year is looking like it might be a drier event.

Although the sun may not shining everyday forecasters believe the temperatures will be mild and sunny spells will break through the cloud.

Laura Young, from the Met Office, said: "Looking ahead at this stage we can say that it is looking more settled than initially thought."

Read more: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Latest-Glastonbury-Festival-weather-update-Met/story-21248033-detail/story.html#ixzz34ynMpVI4

Read more at http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Latest-Glastonbury-Festival-weather-update-Met/story-21248033-detail/story.html#OoCflW11BmQgyeJC.99

Fantastic

[tumbles]

There you go - yr.no does what it does a week ahead - lots of changes this morning.

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Pilton~7292387/long.html

About 4mm, which is quite frankly, sod all.

[Pinhead]

Yep, 4mm is easy for the dry site to tolerate. Other forecasts have suggested a breakdown too in the high pressure stability next week, however as always we will know only after the Countryfile farming forecast on Sunday...

[rischbrit]

'might be a drier'... still got the word 'might' in there so fingers crossed might will change to 'will'

[tumbles]

It'll change again tomorrow.

[spursfan77]

"The Met Office is more hopeful about the weather for Glastonbury Festival 2014 with the forecast looking dry.

The music festival in Somerset has often been known for its wet weather but this year is looking like it might be a drier event.

Although the sun may not shining everyday forecasters believe the temperatures will be mild and sunny spells will break through the cloud.

Laura Young, from the Met Office, said: "Looking ahead at this stage we can say that it is looking more settled than initially thought."

Read more: http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Latest-Glastonbury-Festival-weather-update-Met/story-21248033-detail/story.html#ixzz34ynMpVI4

Read more at http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Latest-Glastonbury-Festival-weather-update-Met/story-21248033-detail/story.html#OoCflW11BmQgyeJC.99

can't ask for much more than that at this stage.

I remember in 2013 the weather last week (in London anyway) was poor so don't think it has any bearing on what its going to be like 2 weeks in advance.

[nickharley]

It'll change again tomorrow.

for the better!

[FuzzyDunlop]

Nothing suggests mudbath or that bad, even if it rains at times

[tumbles]

Nothing suggests mudbath or that bad, even if it rains at times

It barely suggest anything more than drizzle.

[pentura]

'might be a drier'... still got the word 'might' in there so fingers crossed might will change to 'will'

Yeah hopefully it does but their vague descriptions are quite annoying - "it may not rain", "it'll probably be drier than normal", "there's a high chance the weather will be good".

Reminds me of those tarot reading gypsys.

Anyway, rant over and hopefully it WILL be drier

[tumbles]

In Bristol for the past 3-4 days they've been saying 'possible chance of a shower' and all we've had is cloudy starts, sun breaks through and it's been a scorcher. Long may it continue..

[Wooderson]

[fur_q]

It'll change again tomorrow.

Individual forcasts that tell you it will rain x amount at x time over a week in advance will change all the time but the models in a general sense have been pretty consistently saying (excluding a couple of massive outliers) that we should expect a relatively good fetival week, not particularly hot, the odd shower here and there but overall not a mudbath.

[Midnight Man]

Yep, 4mm is easy for the dry site to tolerate. Other forecasts have suggested a breakdown too in the high pressure stability next week, however as always we will know only after the Countryfile farming forecast on Sunday...

Exactly. In 2010, on the Friday before, the Met Office and others were predicting widespread rain for the festival weekend. Looked like we might be in for a m*dbath.

And then, from Saturday onwards, it all started to fall into place.

It's so close and yet so far ...

Where are Langdale Wolf and Devonhammer when we need them?

[JoeyT]

Devonhammer doesn't grace these parts anymore. I think he posts on the netweather site though?

[geoffboycott]

Just remembered a superb weather forecast back in the late 90's whilst at uni, BBC South West region, weather forecaster at a local show, his summary was:

'Might rain, might not, now look at these lovely Begonias'

EDIT: OT, the road signs are going up warning locals of possible delays due to the festival, noticed a load on the way back from work yesterday and I reckon they're prepping for the ones on the A303 too. It's getting close

Edited June 18, 2014 by geoffboycott

[Wooderson]

Exactly. In 2010, on the Friday before, the Met Office and others were predicting widespread rain for the festival weekend. Looked like we might be in for a m*dbath.

And then, from Saturday onwards, it all started to fall into place.

It's so close and yet so far ...

Where are Langdale Wolf and Devonhammer when we need them?

He hasnt posted on this forum in years.

[pentura]

Devonhammer doesn't grace these parts anymore. I think he posts on the netweather site though?

He also posts on G-watch forums!

[A Guy Called Matt]

Proof they have lkittle idea...

Look at the earlier link for the 4mm at Pilton

Here is Glastonbury!! Eeeeek

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Glastonbury/long.html

[Alcatraz]

The phrase that is bugging me is 'pleasantly warm'. WTF does that mean

[Mark E. Spliff]

The phrase that is bugging me is 'pleasantly warm'. WTF does that mean

You're right - it's a worrying prospect. We've all read about hardy explorers that have been caught out without warning by 'pleasantly warm' conditions and ended up drinking their own urine and eating the dogs. Let's pray it doesn't happen here.

Edited June 18, 2014 by Mark E. Spliff

[stevieweevil]

You're right - it's a worrying prospect. We've all read about hardy explorers that have been caught out without warning by 'pleasantly warm' conditions and ended up drinking there own urine and eating the dogs. Let's pray it doesn't happen here.

[**claire**]

Proof they have lkittle idea...

Look at the earlier link for the 4mm at Pilton

Here is Glastonbury!! Eeeeek

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Glastonbury/long.html

I am no longer Team Norway...

[tumbles]

Proof they have lkittle idea...

Look at the earlier link for the 4mm at Pilton

Here is Glastonbury!! Eeeeek

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Glastonbury/long.html

But still, that is absolutely f-all rain really.

[CaledonianGonzo]

It's also for Glastonbury - as opposed to Pilton.